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Media Perceptions of crime

Portrayal of violence TV programming exaggerates the amount of violent crime relative to property crime Exaggerates frequency of criminal events Research study on news programming in Orlando Florida Majority of news broadcasts began with a crime story 25% of all stories were crime-related

Orlando Of these crime stories, 2/3 concerned violent crime Violent crime in Orlando that year was 18% of the total reported in the UCR

Reality police programs 50% of the crimes shown on such programs involve a murder Murder makes up less than 0.2% of all crimes in the United States On programs, 60% of crimes are cleared by arrest In reality, about 18% of crimes are cleared by arrest (depends on the crime)